Teen Photojournaling Workshop at Brewster Ladies’ Library
It’s not the same as keeping a diary, as the course organizers explain. Indeed, journaling seems to be viewed by its proponents as a high science. Even the word seems to have taken over from boring old ‘blogging’ as a term to describe what one US expert has described as one of the easiest and most powerful ways to accelerate your personal development and gain insights you’d otherwise never see. And with a growing number of opportunities to “get your thoughts out of your head and put them down in writing”, using media like Evernote, Wordpress or even the humble Blogspot that I use, it’s no surprise to find that Google lists 79,900,000 entries for ‘journaling software.’ For the week of 20-24 July 2009 Brewster teenagers will learn the basics of journaling. By combining photos and personal memories of their lives on Cape Cod, participants will create a journal of their experiences and observations. Activities will include a field trip to the beach to take pictures and write, reading excer...